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Robert E. Lee
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Nearly a century and a half after his death, Robert E. Lee, the leadingConfederate general of the American Civil War, remains a source offascination and, for some, veneration. This AMERICAN EXPERIENCE filmexamines the life and reputation of the general, whose militarysuccesses made him the scourge of the Union and the hero of theConfederacy, and who was elevated to almost god-like status by hisadmirers after his death.
"What a cruel thing is war...to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors, and to devastate the fair face of this beautiful world."
-- Robert E. Lee